System resource enable apparatus
US5710933A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 31, 1995 |
| Grant date | Jan 20, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 31, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02D10/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system resource enable apparatus for enabling operations on a system resource including a register representing current and future operations on the resource, a pattern generator that applies a pattern corresponding to a requested resource operation to each of a plurality of requests for resource operations in a queue, compare logic that determines for each of the plurality of requests if the request will conflict with other resource operations by comparing the pattern applied to the request with the register, priority grant logic that grants priority to a request in the queue if no conflict is determined and to update the register according to the pattern applied to the request, and resource enable logic that enables operations on the resource according to the register.
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